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2. EBENEZER, son of Ebenezer (1), m. (1) Mehitable Spencer of Dan- ville, Vt., settled at Danville or Peacham, where he lived many years, she d. there, he returned to Ox. about 1830, m. (2) Eleanor Edwards, his cousin, set- tled in northwestern part, H. 91, he d. 18 June, 1849, she d. aged 70, 11 May, 1857. . . . Children : by first m. LOUISA; HIRAM, m. at Worcester, removed to Lafayette, O., d. there; MARIA P., m. - Harris, in Vermont, came to Ox. and d. aged 39, 19 April, 1855; MEHETABLE.
3. NATHANIEL, son of Ebenezer (1), m. 12 Dec., 1812, Ruth A. Needham of Charlton, where they settled, removed 1829 to Ox., bought, 1832, land west of Howarth's village and built house later Alfred Kingsbury's, made boots for the western market five years, removed about 1845 to Worcester, where both d., he d. Nov., 1861, she d. April, 1848. . . . Children, excepting the last two b. at Charlton : JOHN, b. 23 Sept., 1814, m. 22 Nov., 1838, Mary, dau. of Smith Taft of Charlton, she d. 17 Feb., 1885, he was a soldier in the late war, fell from the roof of his house in Ox. and was killed 16 Dec., 1887; they had Samuel, b. April, 1842, m. July, 1875, Augusta, widow of W. Freeman Rose- brook, dau. of Lewis A. Johnson, no ch .; Mary, b. Aug., 1844; Fred, b. Dec., 1851; Arthur, b. Oct., 1857; MARIA A., b. 1 Dec., 1815, m. intentions, 16 March, 1842, George T. Collins of Killingly, Conn., had ch .; HARRIET, b. 30 June, 1819, m. Elijah McKnight, carpenter, residence, Worcester, 3 ch., he d. aged 40, 1 Sept., 1854; NATHANIEL, b. 15 June, 1821, m. Elizabeth Greenwood of Grafton, settled at Buffalo, N. Y., where he is a boot manufac- turer and wealthy, had Louise, m. John Adsit of Buffalo, N. Y., had ch., Albert, m. and had ch .; RUTH ANN, b. 1824, at Dudley, m. William Stedman
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of Southbridge, carpenter, had ch .; SARAH, b. 1832, at Ox., m. Fred. Town- send of Lancaster, had ch.
4. JEREMIAH, son of Ebenezer (1), m. (1) 14 April, 1817, Clarissa Mixer of Charlton, resided at Sutton, Charlton, Oxford and Worcester, lived on the Elisha Davis farm. H. 14, from 1838 to 1851, she d. 2 Oct., 1854, he m. (2) 1858 Almira, widow of David Hall. he d. 24 Nov., 1875, at Charlton. . . . Chil- dren, by first m. : AMos, b. 13 April, 1818, at Charlton, m. (1) 8 May, 1839, Betsey M., dau. of Dea. Marble of Sutton, they had Eugene H., b. 30 June, 1845, she d. aged 30, 12 Oct., 1850; m. (2) Emeline B. Hutchinson of Sutton ; he d. 29 May, 1869, at Charlton; CLARINDA, b. 29 Oct., 1823, at Sutton, m. 21 May, 1850, James M. Follansbee of Enfield, N. H., residence, Worcester, where she d. 3 June, 1851.
JOHN, of Cambridge, reputed Scotch, b. 1631, m. 1655, Esther Makepeace, had with others JOSEPH. b. 1677, resided at Watertown, m. Ruhamah Welling- ton, removed to Lexington, had with others JOSEPH, b. 2 Sept., 1708, at Watertown, resided at Holliston, m. (1) Katharine -, m. (2) Hepsibah Leland, had by first m. JOSEPH, b. 23 Feb., 1733, at Holliston, m. 4 Nov., 1756, Lydia Twichell, resided at Holliston, removed to Thompson, Conn., whence he came about 1816 to Ox. with a grandson, William Cargel, removed 1818 to Woodstock, late in life returned to Ox., and d. aged 89, at the house of his son Joseph, H. 88, 22 April, 1822. His will names sons EPHRAIM, HENRY, JOSEPH, AMOS and 3 daughters. JOSEPH, the third son, b. 31 Jan., 1763(?), went young with his father to Thompson, thence to Dudley, and came 1791 to Ox., residence, west part, H. 88, m. (1) 25 Oct., 1787, being then of Thompson, Jemima, dau. of John Larned, she d. 3 June, 1796, m. (2) 19 March, 1797, Anna Davis of Newburyport, she d. 3 Oct., 1847, aged 76, he d. aged 86, 4 March, 1849. . . . Children by first m. : JOHN L., b. 3 Aug., 1788, d. 1795; JOSEPH, b. 15 Aug., 1790; MIRIAM, b. 25 Nov., 1792, m. 6 April, 1817, Martin Wheelock of Spencer, where they settled; ch. by second m .: SALLY, b. 25 March, 1798, d. 1803; SUSAN, b. 17 Aug., 1800, d. 1803; LARNED, b. 11 May, 1803; JASPER, b. 21 Oct., 1805; DANIEL and DANFORTH, b. 20 March, 1808; JAMES, b. 11 April, 1812.
2. JOSEPH, son of Joseph (1), m. (1) 9 Jan., 1814, Polly, dau. of Phinehas Parker, she d. 6 Feb., 1823, m. (2) intentions 18 Oct., 1823, Lydia, dau. of Josiah Gleason, settled after second m. in the east part of Ox., H. 22, lived to old age, was deaf and killed by a train of cars while walking on the railroad, 17 June, 1871, his w. Lydia d. 22 June, 1868. . . . Children by first m .: JOSEPH, b. 28 Aug., 1814, m. (1) 2 April, 1834, Lydia Davis of Holden, 2 ch., she d. about 1863 at Providence, R. I., m. (2) Mrs. Eliza Kent of Providence, m. (3) Mrs. Amy Knight, residence, Providence; POLLY, b. 1 July, 1816, m. (1) Daniel V. Childs, he d. 1852, m. (2) Russell Arnold; ETHAN L., b. 7 Aug., 1818, m. Mary A. Sibley of Sutton, 1 dau .; AMASA, b. 11 April, 1820, d. at Leicester, unm. ; CYRUS WILSON, b. 9 Sept., 1822, went to sea at 16, not heard from; ch. by second m. : JOSIAH G., b. 21 July, 1824, m. (1) Mary Twiss of Charlton, she d. aged 32, 22 Aug., 1853, m. (2) Sarah Williams of Lawrence and had ch., soldier in the late war, d. in the service; LYDIA ANN J., b. 4 Nov., 1826, m. 15 Oct., 1847, W. Dexter Barrows of Worcester, had ch .; J. LARNED, b. 14 June, 1828, m. (1) 19 Aug., 1850, Lucy A., dau. of Jacob Bond, m. (2) Mary Gay of Thompson, had ch., m. (3), and 1884 resided in R. I .; SUSAN M., b. 10 May, 1831, m. Nov., 1852, George Barton of Leicester, no ch.
3. LARNED, son of Joseph (1), m. Sally Rice, dau. of the w. of Jonathan Flagg by her first husband, removed to Natick, tavern keeper until near his
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decease, about 1832. . . . Children : MARIA, b. at Natick, m. George Dyer of Worcester and had a son, in U. S. service at Washington; ANN, b. at Natick, d. unm., at Worcester; JOSIAH, b. and d. at Worcester, unm.
4. JASPER, son of Joseph (1), m. intentions 3 Feb., 1827, Lucina, dau. of David Morse of Charlton, she d. 31 May, 1834, aged 29, m. (2) 28 May, 1839, Augusta Lumbard of Sturbridge; prominent man of the town, a democrat, justice of the peace, land surveyor, moderator, selectman and representative, a large land owner, he d. aged 80, 10 March, 1886. . . Children by first m. : SARAH, b. 22 Aug., 1828, m. (1) Cooledge, son of Nahum Pratt [See Pratt], m. (2) 11 Sept., 1858, Otis B. Chaffee, son of Joel of Thompson, Conn .; they had Alfred M., b. 16 Aug., 1859 ; Herbert V., b. 3 May, 1863; Erminia E., b. 5 April, 1865; Walter S., b. and d. 1868; by second m. : CAROLINE, b. 9 June, 1840, d. young ; ELIZA M., b. 26 Nov., 1842, m. John C. Hammond of Charl- ton, lawyer, residence, Northampton; they had Robert B., b. 1874, d. 1875; Thomas J., b. 22 Dec., 1876; Maud and May, b. 19 Sept., 1874; Ethel, b. 6 Sept., 1884; EMILY M., b. 21 June, 1844, m. J. Edward Nichols; FANNY, b. 8 June, 1848, d. 28 Nov., 1862.
5. DANIEL, son of Joseph (1), blacksmith and machinist, m. (1) 28 Feb., 1829, Sally, dau. of Amos Batcheller of Sutton, where they settled, she d. 14 May, 1832, m. (2) 27 Jan., 1833, Abigail T., dau. of James Collier. . . . Children by first m. : SUSAN A., b. 13 July, 1830, m. 15 March, 1850, at Worces- ter, William H. Day of Killingly, Conn .; SARAH E., b. 28 April, 1832, m. Henry Greenleaf; ch. by second m. : ABIGAIL A., b. 6 Oct., 1833, at Sutton, d. young; MARY JANE, b. 4 March, 1835, at Sutton, m. at Chicago, 12 March, 1854, Richard O. Hunt, 8 ch., residence, Santa Barbara, Cal., Daniel, the father, removed 1836 to Sturbridge; CHARLOTTE E., b. 11 Sept., 1836, at Sturbridge, m. 22 June, 1855, at Chicago, George Baird, residence, Chicago, had ch., the father removed to Ox .; DANIEL, b. 16 April, 1838, d. young ; TAMAR H., b. 30 April, 1839, m. 1 June, 1859, at Bristol, Wis., Loring E. Buck of Racine, Wis., had ch., residence, Belmont, Wis .; HAMLET R., b. 1 May, 1841, m. 22 June, 1867, at Austin, Anna Parker, had ch., was in the late war, three years in the 3d Wis. Regt., in 1885 commission merchant at Los Angeles, Cal., deacon of Baptist Church; AMOS B., b. 12 Nov., 1842, d. young; the father removed to Worcester 1844; CELIA A., b. 1 June, 1844, at Worcester, d. aged 14; HENRY, b. 7 Sept., 1846, d. young; CHARLES D., b. 13 Oct., 1847, d. young; MICO MELISSA, b. 17 July, 1849; ANGIE F., b. 5 Sept., 1852; the father removed 1853 to Burlington, Vt., and 1854 to Chicago, Ill. ; IDA MARIA, b. 22 June, 1854, at Chicago, d. young; the father removed 1855 to Racine, Wis., built a house and shop; HARRIET L., b. 26 May, 1856, d. young ; A SON, b. 14 Jan., 1858, d. young.
6. DANFORTH, son of Joseph (1), m. (1) 14 Feb., 1830, Betsey, dau. of David Stone, she d. 1 Dec., 1839, m. (2) Jane M. Parkhurst. . . . Children by first m. : CHARLES, b. 1831, d. young; ELIZABETH, b. 13 April 1834, m. 3 Nov., 1866, Edmund Converse of Worcester, where she d. 15 June, 1869; by second m. : ABBIE, d. unm .; the family removed to Beaver Crossing, Neb.
7. JAMES, son of Joseph (1), m. 27 Nov., 1834, Martha, dau. of Joseph Childs of Ox., he d. 2 Oct., 1889, at Ox. . . . Children : MARY A., b. 30 Jan., 1836, at Worcester, d. 12 Aug., 1851; LUCY M., b. 16 Feb., 1839, m. 4 July, 1856, Julius N., son of Calvin Bellows, he d. in the late war, she m. (2) Law- son Upham of Dudley, m. (3) Elbridge Kimball of Worcester, m. (4) Dr. John C. Johnson of Providence, no ch. except by first m. [See Bellows];
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OSCAR H., b. 28 Dec., 1842, m. 5 Sept., 1866, Eliza Dimon; had Lilian, b. 10 Nov., 1868; JOSEPH W., b. 31 Jan., 1844, m. 4 July, 1872, Miranda Thompson of Douglas ; JAMES A., b. 25 April, 1847, m. 5 Oct., 1870, Jenny McCoy(?) of Nova Scotia, had ch .; FRANK J., b. 14 Feb., 1859, d. 6 May, 1875.
PHILIP, of South Gore, of Dudley in 1780, bought, 1786, 200 acres east of the pond, part of the Roxbury School Grant, there kept a tavern, sold in 1806 to his sons Philip, William C., and Marvin. He had business ability and en- ergy, was known as " King Philip," in 1798, with John Healy of Dudley, pur- chased the water power at East Village where a forge or trip-hammer shop was built the same year, sold to Healy Nov., 1799; he d. 24 Feb., 1827, aged 77 ; he m. Lois, and had at Dudley, AARON, b. 1779; LOIS, b. 1781; CHLOE, b. 1783, m. intentions, 6 April, 1802, Ebenezer Emerson of Thompson, Conn .; MARVIN, b. 1785, m. intentions, 19 March. 1807, Lilles Logee of Burrillville, R. I.
JAMES, tailor, from Boston, was in Ox. Aug., 1765, m. 16 Feb., 1768, Mary, dau. of John Shumway, resided a half-mile west of North Common, H. 90, . perhaps on a part of her father's farm, she d. 5 Oct., 1826; James Brown, aged 79, d. 9 Oct., 1822 [Ox. Rec.]. . . . Children : SARAH, b. and' d. 1768; WILLIAM, b. 27 Dec., -- [Record defaced] ; SARAH, b. 23 May, -, m. James Coller ; MARY, b. 22 Feb., 177-, m. Solomon Walker ; JAMES, b. 19 Feb., 177 -; EBENEZER, b. 12 Nov., 1777, d. unm. 9 May, 1857(?) ; JOSEPH, b. 17 May, 1786; ABIGAIL, b. 19 Sept., 1788, m. Benjamin Tuel, residence, Weath- ersfield, Vt. ; ALICE, b. 3 May, 17-, m. James Coller, second w.
EPHRAIM of Spencer, and Hannah Edmunds, m. 21 Feb., 1755. LYDIA, and Noah Hall of Killingly, Conn., m. 24 April, 1759.
SAMUEL and Hannah Marsh, both of Sutton, m. 2 Jan., 1782.
WALTER of South Gore, and Phila Jepherson of Uxbridge, m. intentions 26 Jan., 1811.
POLLY of South Gore, and Paraclete Morris, m. intentions 30 March, 1811. NANCY, and Jabez Green, m. intentions 19 Dec., 1814.
SUSANNA of Smithfield. and William T. Taft, m. intentions 15 May, 1824.
LUCINDA of Dudley and Reuel Moffit, m. 14 June, 1825.
LAVINA and John Emerson, both of South Gore, m. 21 Nov., 1826.
JAMES of Sutton and Laura Tiffany, m. intentions 6 Jan., 1827.
WILLARD, and Elizabeth Stowell of Boston, m. 22 April, 1827, and had WILLARD A., b. 25 Feb., 1828.
LOVISA of Dudley, and Benjamin A. Corbin, m. 9 Dec., 1836.
CAROLINE, and Simeon R. Marble of Sutton, m. 29 May, 1844.
MARY D., d. 1 Sept., 1849, aged 61.
NATHAN, aged 54, d. 8 June, 1850.
ISAAC, of Worcester, aged 41, d. 9 March, 1852.
MRS. MARY, m. n. Twiss, aged 32, d. 22 Aug., 1853.
TURNER, m. Sophia Stockwell, she d. aged 53, 13 Nov., 1857.
SALLY, w. of James, m. n. Woodcock, aged 76, d. 30 Jan., 1861.
JAMES, of Dudley, her husband, aged 85, d. 8 March, 1865.
HENRY of Woodstock, aged 66, d. 3 April, 1885.
BRUCE, WARREN, and Eliza Leach, m. intentions 17 Aug., 1836, he d. aged 45, 6 Aug., 1847.
MISS - -, d. 21 Sept., 1838.
JOHN (Scotch), son of William, aged 29, found frozen dead 31 Dec., 1855, near Centre, verdict, "intoxicated."
ANTIPAS, North Brookfield, d. 18 Feb., 1865.
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JULIA A., dau. of Smith of Pomfret, unm., aged 68, d. 9 Sept., 1873.
BUCK, SAMUEL, of Sutton, and Elizabeth Blunt, m. 27 April, 1742. JONATHAN, with family, resided in Ox. Nov., 1762.
BUFFUM, MOSES, son of Joshua and Sabra (Ballou), b. 10 July, 1800, at Smithfield, R. I., went in boyhood into a mill at Slatersville, began business at making hats at 18 years of age, and two or three years later became part- ner with Esek Pitts, at Millville, in trade and the manufacture of satinets, con- tinuing until 1834 when his partner died and he assumed the whole business. He was prospered and enlarged his operations, going on until 1849 when his mill was burned and he lost heavily. Other reverses overtook him and most of his earlier accumulations had been swept away, when in 1852 he came to Ox- ford. Here, with Edward Thayer as partner, he began the manufacture of fine cassimeres. In 1855 Thayer left and Mr. Buffum continued successfully until his death in 1874. He had good business ability and tenacity of purpose, was conscientious and careful for the rights of others, early an anti-slavery man and a Free Soil voter, and was highly respected by all. At Millville he was Colonel of Militia and a prominent Freemason. During his last long and painful illness he exhibited the higher virtues which marked him as of un- common fortitude and amiability. He was among the most successful busi- ness men of the town, and died wealthy. He m. 24 July, 1823, Louisa Pitts, b. 30 Oct., 1805, he d. 20 Nov., 1874, she d. aged 79, 13 Jan., 1885. . . . Children, b. at Millville : MARIA L., b. 26 Sept., 1825; MOSES H., b. 15 May, 1827, d. young ; FANNY P., b. 26 Sept., 1829, d. 8 June, 1865; MOSES H., b. 29 Jan., 1832, d. young ; JOSEPHINE A., b. 17 Nov., 1833, m. 11 June, 1862, George Ma- son, residence, Washington, D. C., they had Harry B., b. 22 Feb., 1867, at Ox., George E., b. 28 Oct., 1872, at Washington; CAROLINE E., b. 1 April, 1836; MOSES H., b. 10 July, 1839, m. 12 June, 1867, Lucy M. Freeman of New Salem, they had Ralph F., b. 16 Jan., 1876, Grace I., b. 8 Oct., 1878; LUCY A., b. 30 Oct., 1841, d. young; ELLEN J., b. 24 April, 1844, d. 14 July, 1865; CHARLES H., b. 21 Nov., 1846, m. 29 Jan., 1880, Eva A. Southwick of Millville, who d. aged 30, 31 May, 1883; ELLEN A., b. 1 July 1850, m. 20 Feb., 1889, Anthony G. Hanna of Holbrook.
FANNIE P., dau. of Paul, aged 35, d. 8 June, 1865.
BULLEN, STEPHEN, m. 3 Sept., 1767, Elizabeth Rich, then both of Sut- ton, taxed here 1771.
JOHN, son of Stephen and Ruth, b. 2 July, 1791, at Douglas.
BULLOCK, MRS. LYDIA, dau. of Warren Balcom, aged 22, d. 29 June, 1855.
MRS. HANNAH E., aged 44, d. 30 May, 1883.
STELLA A., aged 26, d. 20 Jan., 1885.
BURDON, MOSES, descendant of John, of Durham, Eng., who went to sea and engaged in the slave trade, landed with a cargo at Salem, left the ves- sel, m. and settled at Danvers, and when his son John (b. 1726) was fif- teen months old removed to Sutton.1 A son of this child, JOHN, b. 1747, had SALMON, b. 1779, m. 1799, Polly Taylor, they had with others MosEs, b. 29 April, 1811, at Sutton, came to Ox. in 1833 as a millwright; he m. (1) 22 Feb., 1836, Betsey Pierce of Sutton, she d. 10 Jan., 1846, m. (2) 4 Aug., 1847, .
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Sarah Packard of Upton, she d. 15 Nov., 1849, m. (3) 6 April, 1852, Harriet N., sister of Sarah Packard, she d. 25 Dec., 1860, m. (4) 3 June, 1868, Mrs. Hannah Hagar, m. n. Upham, of Dudley, he d. aged 74, 3 Jan., 1886. . . . Children, by first m. EMILY, b. 23 Aug., 1838, d. 22 Nov., 1853; JAMES T., b. and d. 1845; by second m. SARAH, b. 6 Nov., 1849, m. Eugene Wetherell; by last m. HARRIET A., b. 12 June, 1872.
JOHN and wife resided at Ox. Aug., 1759.
DR. ASA of Scituate and Hannah Gleason, m. intentions 23 Oct., 1794.
BURKE, PATRICK (Irish), aged 70, d. 10 May, 1882.
JOHN, aged 72, d. 4 Sept., 1886.
MRS. BRIDGET, aged 64, d. 22 Nov., 1888.
BURLEIGH, JOHN O., b. June, 1809, son of Rinaldo of Plainfield, Conn., long principal of academy there; came to Ox. 1834 as teacher, Oct., 1836, suc- ceeded Orlando Chester in select school, continued till spring of 1842, removed to Brookline, taught one or two years, removed to Grafton and soon to Plain- field, and thence to East Douglas, where he was in the stove trade. He was a superior teacher, had more than ordinary ability and was progressive in his ideas, a zealous anti-slavery and temperance man; d. 20 July, 1×48, at East Douglas ; he m. 31 July, 1837, Evelina, dau. of Richard Moore, she d. 4 Oct., 1882, at Ox. . . . Children : MARY, b. 25 Aug., 1839, d. 26 Sept., 1863 ; of uncommon endowments; CHARLES H., b. 20 March, 1842, m. 5 Jan., 1869, Emma G. Freeman of Worcester, residence, Worcester, patent solicitor, soldier in the late war, had ch .; AGNES M., b. 18 Jan., 1846, at Grafton, d. 18 May, 1861; ELIDA F., b. 28 Sept., 1847, at East Douglas, d. 31 Aug., 1861.
BURNAP, EBENEZER, son of Ebenezer of Sutton, came to Ox. 1803 from Ward, blacksmith, bought the estate near Town's Pond, once Daniel Eliott, Jr.'s, H. 139, had a shop on west side of the road, previously Jonas Pratt's, returned to Ward about 1810; he m. (1) Thankful Singletary, she d. aged 45, 25 June, 1808, m. (2) intentions 5 Aug., 1809, Ruth Tucker of Charlton, he d. 12 March, 1820, at Ward; in the division of his estate are named widow Ruth, daughters Lavinia, Sabrina, Syrena, and Mary, Erasmus L. and Ebenezer T., the 3 ch. by second m. . . . Children : EBENEZER, b. 9 June, 1785, d. 22 Sept., 1803, at Ox .; LAVINIA, b. 8 March, 1788, m. John Pratt, Jr .; POLLY, b. 2 Jan., 1791, d. 9 Nov., 1803; SABRINA, b. 1 Aug., 1795, at Sutton, m. Haynes, tavern-keeper at Leicester; SYRENA, b. 9 June, 1798, at Ward; SALLY, b. 1 Nov., 1803, at Ox., d. young; EBENEZER S., b. 23 Jan., 1805, d. young ; ch. by second m. b. at Ox. : MARY H., b. 13 July, 1810; ERASMUS L., b. 17 Dec., 1813, at Ward; EBENEZER T., b. 2 July, 1818.
ABIJAH, of Ox. 1797, brother of Ebenezer, b. at Sutton, owned land north of North Ox. railroad station, H. 149.
HANNAH, of North Gore, and William Eddy, Jr., m. 18 Dec., 1797.
CALVIN F., and Harriet Ball, m. 28 April, 1845.
BURNETT, BURNET, JOHN, w. Sarah; had MARY, b. 26 May, 1741; JOHN, b. 1 20ct., 1742; SARAH, b. 16 Aug., 1744.
LUTHER, b. 14 Feb., 1764, at Hampton, Conn., son of Jonathan, m. 2 April, 1794, Cynthia Durkee, b. 5 Feb., 1772, he d. 23 Dec., 1844, at Ox., she d. 4 Aug., 1866, at Worcester. He lived at Worcester before coming to Ox., bought Nov., 1821, a farm on Long Hill, H. 166, where he d., farmer. . . . Children, first seven b. at Hampton : LUTHER, b. 18 June, 1796, m. 2 June, 1823,
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Eliza, dau. of William Chamberlain of Worcester, where both d., he d. 19 June, 1856, she d. 12 July, 1832; they had Dolly C., b. 2 Jan., 1825, m. Chas. F. Wilson, 1 ch .; Elizabeth, b. 25 Sept., 1826, m. Marshall Flagg of Worcester, 3 ch .; HARVEY, b. 4 Feb., 1798; WARREN, b. 18 Feb., 1800, m. Nancy Edwards of Boston, where they resided, and had Warren B., m., d. in Melrose; Edward, m., d. near Boston; DOLLY, b. 20 March, 1802, m. 11 June, 1827, Fred A. [or Eurotis] Graves, who d. 9 Sept., 1847, at Worcester, she d. there 17 Oct., 1855; they had Walter D., b. 16 May, 1828; Caroline E., b. 1830, d. 1849; Mary B., b. 1832, d. 1866; CALVIN A., b. 29 Jan., 1803(?), m. 29 June, 1830, Harriet, dau. of Simon Knowles of Hardwick, he d. 30 April, 1858, at Leices- ter, she d. 20 April, 1865; they had Calvin, b. 19 Nov., 1834; Luther P., b. and d. 1843; Emeline, b. 1836, d. 1837; SARAH P., b. 1805, d. 1806; MARY, b. 21 Nov., 1807, m. 14 April, 1831, Jonas Bartlett, Jr., of Northboro', b. 16 April, 1805, he d. 28 Aug., 1877, she d. 21 Jan., 1858, both at Worcester; they had Charles A., b. 28 July, 1828; Albert F., b. 4 Sept., 1833; EMELINE, b. 22 Dec., 1809, at Worcester, d. 3 March, 1885, unm .; CHARLES C., .b. 16 Oct., 1813, at Worcester, m. 10 May, 1842, Maria M., dau. of Abner Cooley of Springfield, b. 13 May, 1818; they had Charles J., b. 14 Feb., 1843, at Suffield, Conn. ; William E., b. and d. 1847; Nella M., b. 5 May, 1850, at Worcester ; Martha E., b. 27 Oct., 1855, at Middleboro'; Mary E., b. 26 July, 1859, at Middleboro'; John C., b. 12 Jan., 1862, at Middleboro', d. 1864, at Springfield. 2. HARVEY, son of Luther (1), m. intentions 14 Sept., 1828, Louisa, dau. of Nahum Pratt, he d. 8 May, 1872, she d. 29 Aug., 1868, both at Dudley. . . . Children : SARAH P., b. 21 June, 1829, d. 21 Aug., 1854; MARSHAL S., b. 6 May, 1830, at Charlton, m. 22 Jan., 1882, Adaline A., dau. of Samuel Burrill, b. 25 April, 1860, in Ga., residence, Highlands, Macon Co., N. C .; ELIZABETH C., b. 11 Oct., 1832, d. 20 June, 1848; AUSTIN C., b. 11 Nov., 1834, at Ox., m. 31 Dec., 1857, Emma, dau. of George N. Perry of Dudley, b. 20 Nov., 1837, settled at Dudley, rem. to Webster; they had Frank G. and Fred N., b. 30 May, 1860; Emma J., b. 12 March, 1866; Elizabeth L., b. 6 Sept., 1870; LUCY ANN, b. 6 June, 1836; FRANCIS E., b. 4 Jan., 1838, at Ox., H. 84, m. 7 March, 1867, Mary A., dau. of John Haskell. b. 22 Sept., 1842, was graduated 1867 at Amherst College, a successful teacher, principal at Dudley and Wood- stock academies, Putnam high school, superintendent of schools at Auburn, Me., 1890 principal of McGaw Institute, Reed's Ferry, N. H .; they had Mary L., b. 1871, d. 1873; John E., b. 24 Nov., 1873; Florence E., b. 22 Sept., 1879; Clarence A., b. 7 May, 1883; EMELINE J., b. 16 April, 1842, at Worces- ter, m. (1) Charles F., son of Chad B. Carey, m. (2) 6 Nov., 1870, Harvey F. Newton, b. 2 May, 1838, at Vernon, Vt., residence, Worcester; they had Charles H., b. and d. 1874 ; Arthur T., b. and d. 1877 ; Minnie A., b. 23 Aug., 1880.
Widow Burnet, in 1761 was allowed the use of Mr. Rogers' (the school- master's) house.
DR. ROBERT, had cattle-mark recorded Oct., 1762.
HENRY, and Ruth Merriam of North Gore, m. 26 March, 1765.
WILLIAM, and Lucy Gleason, m. 22 Jan., 1767; had LUCY, b. 6 July, 1767. ISAAC, of Warwick, and Esther Merriam of North Gore, m. 15 Oct., 1767. CAPT. ISAAC, of Dummerston, Vt., and Lydia Eddy, m. 28 May, 1800.
BURNEY, THOMAS, w. Mary, had BETSEY, b. 29 April, 1822; MARY ANN, b. 23 Aug., 1824; SARAH, b. 20 Dec., 1826; THOMAS, b. 28 June, 1828.
BURNS, JOHN, aged 24, d. 13 Dec., 1852.
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BUTLER, STEPHEN, of Boston, 1652, came from England about 1640, while a child, with his mother Mary, a widow, who m. (2) Benjamin Ward, shipwright, of Boston [see her will, Boston Records, July, 1667], m. Jane, had with others JAMES, b. 2 Aug., 1665, m. Grace - -, and had with others JAMES, b. 21 Aug., 1688, m. Abigail Eustace, and had with others JAMES, b. 4 Dec., 1713, m. 17 May, 1739, Elizabeth, dau. of Humphrey Davie, niece of Sir John of England, whose descendants reside at Creedy Park. He was a royal- ist in the Revolution and went with a company from Boston to Halifax, re- turned and spent his last days at Sutton, now Millbury. They had JAMES, b. 15 Feb., 1740, at Boston, entered the Boston Latin School 1749, hatter. His occupation brought him much in contact with Maine people of whom he bought furs. When the Revolutionary war came on, at the suggestion of his wife, who was an earnest patriot, the family removed to Arrowsic Island, where they continued until 1779, and removed in Oct. (tradition) to Ox., her half-brother, Anthony Sigourney, having before settled here. In 1780 he bought the tavern estate at the North Common, continuing the hatting and fur business and keeping a country store in addition to the tavern business, having been licensed innholder from 1780 to 1805. He was a good citizen, respected and popular, a constant attendant on Sunday worship, but not a church member. A set of illustrations of the Prodigal Son hung in his house, which he declared set forth his religion.1
He m. 9 May, 1763 [Boston Records], Mary, dau. of Anthony and Mary (Waters) Sigourney, who had remarkable ability and force of character, he d. aged 87, 20 Dec., 1827, she d. aged 81, 14 April, 1823. . . . Children, except the last two, b. at Boston : MARY, b. 4 March, 1764, unm., resided at Rutland, Vt., where she d. 22 Dec., 1847; JAMES D., b. 5 Oct., 1765, teacher at Ox., removed 1788 to Rutland, Vt., where he was a merchant, and influential, he m. (1) 22 Aug., 1802, Rachel Maynard, m. n. Harris, m. (2) 15 March, 1827, Lois Harris, he d. 3 June, 1842; ch. by first m. : Mary S., b. 11 Sept., 1804, m. Dr. Horace Green, a noted physician of New York; Sophia G., b. 16 Jan., 1807; Chloe H., b. 22 March, 1810, m. Dr. John S. Cleveland of Cleveland, O., who d. 27 Aug., 1863, at Burton, 6 ch. ; James D., b. 15 March, 1815, was grad- uated at Middlebury College 1836, and tutor and acting professor there for five terms, studied at Andover Theological Seminary, after which he was elected an Abbott resident there, in 1842, 1867, 1878, 1884 made trans-Atlantic tours, visiting chief points of interest in Europe, travelled in the Holy Land, ascended the Nile above the first cataract, went in 1869 to the Yosemite, going on to Honolulu and Hilo, where he climbed the Volcano Kilauea. In 1883 he explored the geyser world of the Yellowstone, passing over
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